Rebirth to Save Myself

Life continued smoothly. Su Xia and her friends went to class, did homework, and occasionally went out shopping and eating together on weekends. Su Xia refused to join any clubs because she felt that as a freshman, she would only be a helper and would have to put up with bad behavior, which wasn't worth it. Ye Zhenzhen, knowing that Su Xia didn't join any clubs, asked, "Isn't it boring not to join any clubs?"

Not long after, Ye Zhenzhen returned to her dormitory in a fit of rage and yelled, "What a trash club! I went there to participate in club activities, not to do menial tasks!"

"What's wrong?" Su Xia asked, peeking out from under the bed.

"Those senior students, they just do whatever they want because they're older. They make us freshmen do all the dirty and hard work, and then they take all the credit." Ye Zhenzhen sat in her chair, getting angrier and angrier as she thought about it.

"Then why don't you just quit the club? Joining such a pointless club is just a waste of time."

"But you get extra credits!"

"There are other ways to earn credits besides clubs, so why choose a method you don't like? Besides, you said the credits belong to the upperclassmen, so they won't be credited to you."

"What? I'm working myself to the bone and still don't get any credits? I'm quitting!" Ye Zhenzhen slammed her cup on the table and immediately took out her phone to write a notice of withdrawal from the club.

Su Xia shook her head and went back to bed to sleep. No classes in the afternoon, so a nap was perfect.

Ye Zhenzhen is also a fiery person. She quits the club as soon as she says she wants to. When her senior threatened that she would lose all her previous credits, Ye Zhenzhen retorted, "It's not like I have any now!"

After thinking about it, the senior student figured that since there would be other freshmen even if Ye Zhenzhen was gone, he deducted Ye Zhenzhen's credits and made her leave the club.

After listening to Ye Zhenzhen's description, Su Xia didn't say anything and continued with her own business. A week later, the school issued a notice criticizing a second-year student in a certain department for abusing his power to threaten and manipulate first-year students.

Upon seeing the name, Ye Zhenzhen exclaimed, "Great!"

"Did someone report this? Otherwise, why would they suddenly criticize it publicly?" Chen Wanying asked.

"I'll definitely treat her to dinner if I find out who this hero is." Ye Zhenzhen felt so good; this kind of righteous person is exactly what society needs.

"Then you should probably skip it. You just quit the club because of your senior, and now you're brazenly going to find the person who reported him. Aren't you openly going against your senior? What if he's petty and thinks you're the one who reported him?" Su Xia asked.

“That’s true. Right now, the senior has no evidence to prove that I did it. I’d be a fool to go and investigate. Su Xia is much more level-headed.” Ye Zhenzhen nodded, looking like she agreed.

Lu Lu glanced at Su Xia, then turned away without saying a word. A week ago, she saw Su Xia walk into the counselor's office, and when he came out, she was in a much better mood. Originally, she thought Su Xia was there about the scholarship, but now it seemed it was probably about the senior who had been publicly criticized.

Judging from Su Xia's expression, she didn't intend to take credit in front of Ye Zhenzhen, and she wouldn't say anything either. In any case, this dormitory was just a place for her to live for the past four years.

The next day, Su Xia was walking downstairs from her dormitory after class when she saw an older woman carrying a woven bag, asking passing female students for directions. She vaguely heard that the woman was looking for someone, and Su Xia walked over without thinking much of it. However, the older woman quickly grabbed her arm and asked, "Excuse me, do you know Lu Lu?"

Su Xia was taken aback for a moment, then asked in return, "Who are you?"

"I'm Lu Lu's mother. I'm here to find my daughter. If you know her, could you please call her for me?" Seeing that Su Xia didn't say she didn't know her like the previous people, the older woman felt hopeful and quickly spoke up.

"I"

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Lu Lu's voice suddenly rang out, and the two looked over as she finished class.

"My dear daughter, I'm so glad to have found you!" The woman rushed over and hugged Lu Lu tightly, then said with tears streaming down her face, "You have no idea how much I suffered to find this place, but thankfully I found you. Pack your things and come home with me, okay?"

"I'm not going back." Lu Lu shook off her mother's hand and prepared to leave.

"Oh dear, everyone come quick! This ungrateful wretch has pushed his own mother to the ground!" The old woman sat down on the floor and began to wail.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Su Xia quickly stepped forward to help the old woman up, and then said to everyone, "Auntie, let me help you up. Don't sit on the ground, it's cold."

Su Xia forcibly pulled the old woman up, then said to Lu Lu, "Auntie must be tired after coming all this way. Let's help her to the side to rest for a bit."

Lu Lu didn't want so many people watching them, so she and Su Xia pulled Lu's mother to a deserted pavilion. Then she said to Lu's mother, "Forget about it, I'm not going back with you."

"So you're asking me to die? How can you be so heartless? You don't care about your parents' lives or deaths!" Lu's mother was extremely agitated and stood up to accuse Lu Lu.

"That was something you promised, did you even ask me?" Lu Lu didn't want to reveal too much in front of Su Xia, so she said to Su Xia, "You should go back now, thank you for today."

"You can't leave! Look at this person, classmate! How can they be so disrespectful and unfilial to their parents? I'm going to report you to the teacher; she's a witness. Let's see how you'll have money to study after your scholarship is taken away!" Lu's mother grabbed Su Xia, refusing to let her leave, probably because Su Xia's behavior earlier seemed to be on her side.

"Yes, Auntie, I saw it with my eyes open," Su Xia nodded and said.

Su Xia's words made Lu's mother choke on her words. Then she looked at Su Xia and continued, "We've already reached an agreement with them. If you don't go back now, then all that money will have to be returned."

“I didn’t take a single penny of that money. My tuition was paid for with student loans. My living expenses were covered by part-time jobs and scholarships, so it has nothing to do with me.” Lu Lu completely ignored how pitiful her mother sounded.

“That money was for your brother’s wedding, it can’t be returned. Besides, we’ve already done a great job supporting you through high school, you’re a girl. Look around the village, how many girls can even graduate from high school?” Mother Lu was reluctant to give the money back, after all, some of it had already been spent.

"That's because I studied hard. My homeroom teacher visited my home repeatedly and even offered to pay my tuition so I could finish high school. And what did you all do? You agreed with me, but as soon as the college entrance exam was over, you planned to marry me off. If I hadn't realized something was wrong and run away, I would be married to that idiot by now!" Lu Lu became emotional and started arguing with her mother.

This was the first time Su Xia had seen Lu Lu so emotionally expressive; she was always expressionless in the dorm. Thinking about it, although Lu Lu shared a dorm room with her, she was rarely there except for classes and sleeping. Even Ye Zhenzhen didn't know where Lu Lu went; it turned out she was working a part-time job.

"So what if he's a fool? As long as he can give birth, that's all that matters. They said they'd give our family another million if you give him a grandson. Can't you think about your brother for once? With money, he can find a good wife." Lu's mother retorted, speaking the truth directly.

"Wait, why does this scene look so familiar?" Su Xia interrupted the two of them, then thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "No wonder it looks so familiar. It turns out my mother did the same thing. She also found me a rich man and said there would be a reward if I gave birth to a grandson. Tsk tsk tsk."

"Right, classmate, you must have a younger brother. You can understand, daughters are all going to get married and leave home, only sons can carry on the family line. I've raised my daughter for over ten years, so I have to get some dowry back to prepare for my son, right? Classmate, you promised your mother, right? Anyway, it won't interfere with your schooling." As if she had found a kindred spirit, Lu's mother grabbed Su Xia's hand and began to launch into a tirade.

"Auntie, I just said I had a similar situation, but I didn't say I thought the same way as you." Su Xia pulled away Lu's mother's hand, which was tightly gripping hers, and then looked at Lu Lu and said, "You parents, under the guise of doing what's best for your daughters, are actually exploiting them, even finding them any rich man to marry just for the exorbitant dowry. Are you planning to have your daughter support her family from time to time after she gets married?"

"That's only natural, her family is her support!" Lu's mother didn't understand the meaning behind Su Xia's words, so she went along with her and expressed her own thoughts.

"Aren't you afraid that your daughter will ruin your son by relying on her husband's family's power after marriage? After all, your daughter didn't marry willingly. In the end, all that resentment will be taken out on your son. Won't you regret marrying your daughter off?" Su Xia asked curiously. Such things are quite common in TV dramas and novels.

"How could that be? He's still her brother no matter what!" Lu's mother felt a little guilty after Su Xia's words, but she still firmly believed that her daughter wouldn't do such a thing.

“I will,” Lu Lu replied immediately.

"How could you do this?" Lu's mother couldn't believe that Lu Lu had said these words.

"Why can't she? You're only allowed to marry her off to a fool, but not to let her turn your precious son into a fool too? There are many ways to turn someone into a fool, it's not like she's murdered. She can just find a husband's family and spend some money. Besides, didn't you say that as long as she gives birth to a grandson for their family, that's enough? So, which is more important, the grandson or the daughter-in-law's brother?" Su Xia looked at Lu's mother with a smile.

"You, you, you! How could you be so vicious! I thought you were on my side. What's your name? I'm going to report you to your teacher!" Lu's mother pointed at Su Xia, her anger rising.

"Me? I never said I was on your side, Auntie!" Su Xia shook her head, then smiled and said to Lu's mother, "Telling the teacher is a trick that only works in elementary school. This is university now, and I'm an outstanding student in my department. Do you think the teacher will believe you or me?"

“Then I’ll sue Lu Lu. I’m her mother, I can sue her,” Lu Lu’s mother said, pointing at Lu Lu.

"Go ahead, what proof do you have that you're her mother?"

"I have a household registration booklet."

"That thing can be faked."

“I, I am her mother.”

"If there's no evidence, treat them all as scammers. Should I call the police?" Su Xia asked Lu Lu.

"You can't call the police. If I get arrested, you'll lose face." Farmers of Lu's generation are most afraid of the police, so they immediately became anxious when they heard that the police were to be called.

"Call the police." Lu Lu didn't care about saving face; it couldn't put food on the table.

"You, you all, just you wait!" After saying that, Lu's mother hurriedly left, afraid that if she was too slow, the police would arrive.

Lu Lu watched her mother's departing figure, then turned to Su Xia and said, "Thank you!"

"No need, what I just told your mother is true. My biological mother tried to do the same, but it didn't work out." Su Xia shook her head. Lu Lu was so much like herself! But Lu Lu wasn't as lucky as her, having met Chen Yuan and the Chen family. So she would help her as much as she could, if she needed it.

"So how did you solve it?" Lu Lu thought that Su Xia's words were all made up.

"We've cut ties. They don't even know where I go to school now." Su Xia smiled mischievously.

"very nice."

"Let's go, your mom probably won't be coming anytime soon."

"it is good."

Not long after, Lu Lu's mother went back home. Before leaving, she told Lu Lu that she wouldn't give up, that the big boss was waiting for her to come back and get married, and that they would go back to prepare for the wedding. She added that when the big boss couldn't find her, he would take his anger out on her, and her parents wouldn't help her.

Lu Lu was still a little nervous. Unlike Su Xia, who had lived a second life, she still longed for family affection even though she disliked her parents.

Su Xia found Lu Lu and asked if her mother was still causing her trouble. Lu Lu then told Su Xia about the situation. Su Xia thought for a moment and asked, "Do you still want them?"

"What do you mean?" Lu Lu wondered if she had misheard. Was Su Xia saying what she understood to mean?

"Do you still want them to be your parents?" Su Xia asked directly.

"I...I don't know." Lu Lu was caught in a dilemma for a moment.

"Yes, I know. Family ties are hard to sever. So, do you want to go back and marry that fool, and have his children?"

"I don't want to."

"If the only way to maintain this family bond is to marry that fool, what would you choose?"

"I... I don't want to give up my studies. I finally got into university and escaped that mountain village. I don't want to go back," Lu Lu muttered to herself, covering her head.